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PRO/AH/EDR> Powassan virus encephalitis – USA (02): (CT)

Powassan virus -- United StatesHenry M Feder, Jr, M.D, Sam Telford, III, Sc.D, Heidi K Goethert, Sc.D, Gary P Wormser, M.D. Powassan Virus Encephalitis Following Brief Attachment of Connecticut Deer Ticks.AbstractBackgroundPowassan virus (POWV) is a tick-transmitted pathogen that may cause severe encephalitis; experimentally, it can be transmitted within just 15 minutes following a tick bite. The deer tick virus subtype of POWV (DTV) is transmitted by the deer tick [blacklegged tick] and is the likely Read more [...]